Monsef Bakrar

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Monsef Bakrar
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Bakrar with New York City FC in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-01-13) 13 January 2001 (age 24)
Place of birth Sétif, Algeria
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Dinamo Zagreb
Number 71
Youth career
ES Sétif
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2022 ES Sétif 38 (9)
2022–2023 Istra 1961 31 (8)
2023–2025 New York City FC 59 (9)
2025– Dinamo Zagreb 1 (0)
International career
2022 Algeria U23 4 (1)
2024– Algeria 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 28 August 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 June 2024

Monsef Bakrar (born 13 January 2001) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Croatian Football League club GNK Dinamo Zagreb and the Algeria national team.

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Club career

On 20 July 2022, Bakrar signed a one-year contract with Istra. [1] On 11 July 2023, Bakrar signed a 3+12-year deal with Major League Soccer side New York City FC. [2]

On 1 August 2025, Bakrar returned to Croatia, signing a multi-year contract with Dinamo Zagreb. [3] [4]

International career

Bakrar made his debut for the senior Algeria national team on 22 March 2024, in a friendly against Bolivia. [5]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 24 August 2025 [6]
Appearances and goals by club, season, and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
ES Sétif 2020–21 Algerian Ligue 1 1733 [b] 1204
2021–22 Algerian Ligue 12169 [c] 0306
Total3891215010
Istra 1961 2022–23 Croatian Football League 31820338
New York City FC 2023 MLS 1033 [d] 1134
2024 MLS284007 [e] 0354
2025 MLS21210222
Total599101017010
Dinamo Zagreb 2025–26 Croatian Football League 10000010
Career total129263012110115428
  1. Includes Croatian Cup, U.S. Open Cup
  2. Appearance(s) in CAF Confederation Cup
  3. Appearance(s) in CAF Champions League
  4. Appearance(s) in Leagues Cup
  5. Four appearances in Leagues Cup, three appearances in MLS Cup playoffs

International

As of match played 10 June 2024 [7]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Algeria 202440
Total40

References

  1. Amine B (20 July 2022). "Mercato : Bakrar (ES Sétif) signe en Croatie" (in French). DZFoot. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  2. FC, New York City. "New York City Football Club Signs Algerian Forward Mounsef Bakrar". New York City FC.
  3. and Andrew Leigh (1 August 2025). "Mounsef Bakrar departs NYCFC to join Dinamo Zagreb". Hudson River Blue. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  4. "Mounsef Bakrar novi igrač Dinama". gnkdinamo.hr (in Croatian). 8 January 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  5. "Algeria v Bolivia game report". ESPN. 22 March 2024.
  6. Monsef Bakrar at Soccerway
  7. Monsef Bakrar at National-Football-Teams.com